> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ismms-md-program.gitbook.io/medinfoapp/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ismms-md-program.gitbook.io/medinfoapp/acting-internships/medicine/methods-of-instruction.md). # Methods of Instruction Acting Interns will attend all House Staff didactic sessions including the noon conference series, intern report, and sessions that have been embedded into the curriculum of their respective medical service rotations. Instruction and methods will also include: * **Patient Care Responsibilities**: Students will be responsible for a panel of patients, and you will report directly to the resident on your team. It is expected that you will sometimes need the assistance of one of your interns to help in a patient care matter like cosigning an order, but unlike when you were a third year, the interns will not co-manage patients with you. You are the point person for you patients, and it will be your responsibility to coordinate all of the daily needs of your patients. As part of this coordination of care effort acting interns will be expected to work with our consultation liaison services directly. On average you will carry 3-4 patients, depending on the complexity of the cases and the total census of the team and at the discretion of your senior resident. You are responsible for all of the intern duties on the patients you follow, and therefore you will report directing to the second or third-year resident on your team. It is expected that acting interns will adhere to the same work hour rules that apply to house staff, namely that the total number of patient care hours in a week is less than 80, and that call duties do not exceed 24 consecutive hours. Specifics on call schedule, charting, sign-out and order writing are covered in the sections on each site. * **Learning and Educational Activities**: It is expected that the acting intern participates fully in the team's learning. You should plan to attend all didactics that your team attends. Contribute to the team's learning by sharing the information you learned when you researched on your patients' conditions. You will take an active role in both work rounds where you will interact directly with Attendings as well as during teaching rounds. * **Core Clinical Symptoms and Conditions**: Each clerkship and clinical rotation has defined core clinical symptoms and conditions that students are required to see or learn about during that rotation. *** **The core clinical conditions for the Medicine Acting Internship are:** * Dyspnea * Fluids and Electrolyte Management * Fever * Altered Mental Status * Hypotension * Hypertension * Renal disease * Arrhythmia * Thromboembolic disease --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://ismms-md-program.gitbook.io/medinfoapp/acting-internships/medicine/methods-of-instruction.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.